Lately I’ve been listening to a time management series from Harold Taylor Time Consultants, yes, even professional organizers benefit by continually learning new ideas and tips.  I found I really appreciated how the speaker differentiated between a To Do list vs. scheduling  blocks of time to complete critical tasks. 

A To Do list is a list of activities that are not going to have a big impact in life if you can’t get to them right away.  Examples that pop into my mind:

• Pick up dry cleaning, buy stamps, call sister, wash dog

Scheduled blocks of time are for important projects that need to be done and you don’t  leave them to the whim of a To Do list.  You actually schedule time in your  day on your calendar to make sure there is time allotted to complete the project.  You don’t relegate this to items on a To Do list that may or may not get done.

Here is Harold Taylor’s quote that I love:  “Items on your To Do list are intentions, scheduled blocks of time in your planner are commitments.”

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